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Useful articles about Miva Merchant, Miva Merchant SEO, Miva Scripting, general eCommerce best practices, Miva Merchant module information, and more. We've also posted some Miva Script tutorials, guides, and downloads. This blog is run by Scot's Blogger, a Wordpress style Miva Merchant module.

Bootstrap 5 Form-Control Width CSS Utilities

Bootstrap 5 form-control width utilities.

There is no reason to use so many div tags to simply change the width of Bootstrap 5 form inputs so here is a CSS utility addon to help make this faster.

Scot Ranney, July 07, 2026

Gold In, Gold Out
Gold In, Gold Out

Prompting is the new query syntax.

AI will always give you an answer even if it's not what you were looking for. Here's why prompting AI is a lot like the old art of querying search engines, and how to feed it the context it needs to get results you want.

Scot Ranney, July 05, 2026

Are You Generating Sales or Cleaning the Kitchen?
Are You Generating Sales or Cleaning the Kitchen?

A developer's take on where store owners waste time and where they don't.

Are you spending time on website details that don't move the needle? Here's what actually drives ecommerce sales and what isn't worth another minute of your time.

Scot Ranney, June 21, 2026

Meet the New Google. (Same as the Old Google.)
Meet the New Google. (Same as the Old Google.)

Google's AI search isn't the revolution everyone's panicking about. Miva store owners need to keep their focus on SEO and site flow, same as always.

Google's AI search looks new, but the fundamentals haven't changed. Here's what Miva Merchant store owners need to know, and more importantly, what they don't need to panic about.

Scot Ranney, May 21, 2026

Miva Merchant Shadows Modals Made Simple

Untangle the mysteries of making popup modals in the Miva Merchant Shadows CSS framework.

There are times you want the customer to click on something and see a popup modal with information in it. Modals in Shadows are easy to make, but can be confusing at first.

Scot Ranney, February 28, 2026

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